Abstract: The present disclosure is related to turbine vanes comprising ceramic matrix composite materials and vane ring assemblies including the same and adapted for use in gas turbine engines. The turbine vanes each include a platform that defines a gas path of the gas turbine engine and an airfoil that extends away from the platform.

Abstract: Systems and methods of forming a ceramic matrix composite vane with profiled endwalls are provided using a multi-piece tooling. The multi-piece tooling includes core tools as well as profiled endwall tools having three dimensional contours formed in the tools that correspond to the three dimensional shape to be formed on the vane endwalls.

Abstract: A structure for improving performance of cooling a blade of a gas turbine is provided in which interaction vortexes are generated between working fluid flowing along a surface of the blade and cooling fluid discharged onto the surface from an internal flow passage of the blade. The blade includes a surface structure formed by a gas hole having an outlet communicating with the surface of the blade to discharge the cooling fluid; and a vortex relief generator disposed so as to protrude from an inner periphery of the outlet and configured to generate counter vortexes having directionality opposite to the interaction vortexes so that the interaction vortexes are relieved by collision with the counter vortexes. The vortex relief generator includes a pair of opposing fins disposed in a path of the cooling fluid, each of which has a first surface to change a flow direction of the cooling fluid.

Abstract: An airfoil assembly includes a vane that includes an outer platform, an inner platform, and an airfoil. The outer platform defines an outer boundary of a gas path. The inner platform is spaced apart axially from the outer platform relative to an axis and defines an inner boundary of the gas path. The airfoil extends axially between and interconnects the outer platform and the inner platform.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fluid damping system for a planetary traction drive designed for a driven turbocharger on an engine. The planetary traction drive has a plurality of double roller planets that are each supported by two planet hearings, one at each end of the double roller planet. Each planet bearing has a fluid damping system that consists of a radial squeeze film damper that feeds fluid to an axial squeeze film damper to absorb vibrations and dissipate kinetic energy in the planetary traction drive.

Abstract: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine system, the engine system including a combustor arranged to receive air and fuel, and combust the received air and fuel, an expander arranged to expand exhaust gases from the combustion in the combustor and to extract energy from the expanded exhaust gases, and a communication valve arranged to control a communication between the combustor and the expander, including determining during operation of the engine system whether there is a pressure difference across said communication valve.

Abstract: A valve arrangement is provided for supplying air to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the valve arrangement including a first valve, the first valve including a first valve head, a first valve stem and an internal cavity, which is partly located in the first valve stem and open towards a lower surface of the first valve head, a valve guide arranged to surround a portion of the first valve stem such that the first valve stem is movable in the valve guide along a longitudinal direction between an upper, closed position of the valve, and a lower, open position, in which open position air may be supplied to the combustion chamber past the first valve head, the valve guide including an air passage allowing supply of additional air to the combustion chamber via the internal cavity in the first valve, when the first valve is in its closed position.

Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston axis and a radial plane extending orthogonally thereto. The piston may further include a piston head having an outer circumferential face including at least one ring groove configured to receive a piston ring. The at least one ring groove may be arranged sloped to an outside in a radial direction. The at least one ring groove may be oriented at an angle ? between 0.5°???2° obliquely with respect to the radial plane. The piston may also include at least one piston ring having a rectangular-like cross section with a plurality of rounded corner regions and an oblique outer flank. The oblique outer flank may differ from an inner flank of the at least one piston ring disposed opposite the oblique outer flank by an angle ? between 2°<??5°.

Abstract: A humid air system (HAS) for reducing NOx emissions of an LPG-powered forklift and other heavy equipment is disclosed. A humid air system (HAS) uses distilled water and heat of exhaust to generate steam, injected at the intake air of the engine to increase humidity and reduce temperature and NOx emission. The system includes a pipe with a coiled-tube insert that is attached to the exhaust. A water pump connected to a solenoid valve supplies distilled water from a container to the exhaust coil, generating steam that is fed to a mixing box at the engine air intake in order to increase intake air humidity. A feedback control system controls the solenoid valve opening to adjust the water flow rate for maintaining humidity level between 90% to saturation.

Abstract: An assembly includes a mounting flange, support, carrier, reservoir and fuel pump. The mounting flange has a fluid passage extending through the mounting flange. The support is coupled to the mounting flange, and the carrier is coupled to the support with the weight of the carrier acting in compression on the support. The reservoir is carried by at least one of the carrier and the mounting flange with the weight of the reservoir acting on the carrier and/or the mounting flange, and the reservoir defining an interior. The fuel pump is carried by at least one of the carrier and the reservoir, the fuel pump has an inlet received within the reservoir interior and an outlet from which pressurized fuel is discharged from the fuel pump when the fuel pump is operating. The support defines at least part of a passage that is communicated with a fluid source.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for finishing a surface of a metal component made by additive manufacturing are provided. The method comprises: containing the component 41 in a fluid 43 that comprises abrasive particles 48; and generating pressure fluctuations that produce acoustic cavitation in the fluid by applying ultrasonic vibration into the fluid by an ultrasonic horn 45, thereby removing material from the surface of the component by a combination of cavitation bubble collapse on the surface and the striking of the surface by abrasive particles 48 accelerated by cavitation bubble collapse.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for a multiple inlet air box to communicate an airstream through an air filter to an air intake duct of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle. The multiple inlet air box is comprised of a housing that supports the air filter within an interior of the housing. A mount portion within the housing fixedly receives a base of the air filter. Multiple air inlets couple with corresponding air inlet ports of the vehicle to direct the airstream into the multiple inlet air box. A duct directs the airstream from the multiple air inlets to the interior of the housing. A conduit communicates the airstream from an interior of the air filter to the air intake duct of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes an engine core including: a compressor system including first, lower pressure, compressor, and a second, higher pressure, compressor; and an outer core casing surrounding the compressor system and including a first flange connection arranged to allow separation of the outer core casing at an axial position of the first flange connection, wherein the first flange connection is the first flange connection that is downstream of an axial position defined by the axial midpoint between the mid-span axial location on the trailing edge of the most downstream aerofoil of the first compressor and the mid-span axial location on the leading edge of the most upstream aerofoil of the second compressor; a nacelle surrounding the engine core and defining a bypass duct between the engine core and the nacelle; wherein an axial midpoint of the radially outer edge is defined as the fan OGV tip centrepoint.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, Lube Oil Controlled Ignition (LOCI) Engine Combustion overcomes the drawbacks of known combustion technologies. First, lubricating oil is already part of any combustion engine; hence, there is no need to carry a secondary fuel and to have to depend on an additional fuel system as in the case of dual-fuel technologies. Second, the ignition and the start of combustion rely on the controlled autoignition of the lubricating oil preventing the occurrence of abnormal combustion as experienced with the Spark Ignition technology. Third, LOCI combustion is characterized by the traveling of a premixed flame; hence, it has a controllable duration resulting in a wide engine load-speed window unlike the Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition technology where the engine load-speed window is narrow. Adaptive Intake Valve Closure may be used to control in-cylinder compression temperature to be high enough to realize the consistent auto ignition of the lubricating oil mist.

Abstract: A compression ignition engine with a supercharger is provided, which includes one or more valves configured to switch a state between a first state where intake air is boosted by the supercharger and a second state where it is not boosted, a fluid temperature adjuster configured to adjust a temperature of engine coolant to be supplied to a radiator from an engine body, and a controller. When the engine operates in a high-load range, the controller controls the combustion mode to be in a compression ignition combustion mode, and causes the valve(s) to be in the first state, and in a low-load range, the controller causes the valve(s) to be in the second state. In the high-load range, the controller outputs a control signal to the fluid temperature adjuster so that a target temperature of the engine coolant is lowered than that in the low-load range.

Abstract: A platform for a fan of a turbomachine that will be mounted on a hub of the fan between two adjacent blades, the platform comprising a principal wall with a longitudinal principal orientation, that has a curved shape along the longitudinal direction, and a stiffener that is mounted on a lower face of the principal wall, of which the section of the stiffener, in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is globally in the form of a U open towards the principal wall. The stiffener comprises at least two straight segments inclined relative to each other and inclined relative to the longitudinal principal direction.

Abstract: A port belt arrangement for use in a two-stroke internal combustion engine containing a pair of adjacent cylinders. The arrangement including a first hollow annulus defining a first annular channel, the first annular channel tapering in a radial direction, with increasing circumferential distance from a first port, an inner wall of the first annular channel having a second port, and a second hollow annulus defining a second annular channel, the second annular channel tapering in a radial direction, with increasing circumferential distance from a third port, an inner wall of the second annular channel having a fourth port, wherein the first hollow annulus and the second hollow annulus are joined together at a joining point located on each of their circumferences. The cross-sectional area of the first annular channel at the joining point is less than the cross-sectional area of the first annular channel at the point on the circumference of the first hollow annulus which is furthest from the joining point.

Abstract: A cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one cylinder, a cooling jacket arrangement with a first cooling jacket arranged in the region of a longitudinal central plane of the cylinder head, a second cooling jacket facing a fire deck of the cylinder head, and a third cooling jacket facing away from the fire deck, wherein the first cooling jacket and the second cooling jacket are flow connected to the third cooling jacket via at least one first transfer section and at least one second transfer section respectively.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided, with a compressor section including a fan driven by an engine shaft about a rotation axis, the engine shaft defining a bore extending axially therethrough from a hot gas inlet to a hot gas outlet, the hot gas inlet located downstream of the compressor section, a nose cone mounted to the fan and defining a cavity therewithin, a first impeller and a second impeller mounted within the cavity, the first impeller having an inlet facing a forward direction of the gas turbine engine, the inlet of the first impeller in fluid flow communication with an air inlet defined in an outer surface of the nose cone, the second impeller having an inlet facing a rearward direction of the gas turbine engine, the inlet of the second impeller being in fluid flow communication with the hot gas outlet of the engine shaft.

Abstract: Various implementations include a combustion engine piston, including a skirt in a counter-part and including a first contact area of the piston in the counter-part, a head which extends transverse to a central axis, and a ring carrier which comprises at least two lands and at least two grooves for receiving the rings, including a first land adjoining the head and a second land situated between the first land and the skirt, wherein the lands include at least one contact land having a diameter greater than a minimum diameter of the skirt to form a second contact area of the piston in the counter-part, and wherein at least one contact land comprises a friction-reducing surface coating, formed at least on a radial sector covering an angle of at least 30 degrees, and up to on a single sector covering an angle of 360 degrees.